Golf-bag.



G. L. PIERCE] GOLF BAG.

APPLICATION r|LEDAPn.l.1912.

autented May 29, 19H.

ltlllillltlm GEORGE L PIERCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, lSSIG-NOR T Il pG.S

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW JEjI/SE GOLF-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led `llprl l, 1912. Serial No. Gili/,551?.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that l, Gnonon L. Pinnen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain newT and useful improvements in Goltllags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention relates to an ilnproved golf-bag adapted to havesome or all of the following eatu res and advantages:

The clubs are kept apart and so are lne.

vented from striking and battering" one another. The bag is keptextended so that its mouth does not sag toward its bottom. The means foraccomplishine` the above may be made irulependentv of the bag so that itmay be removed troni o` applied to the bag at will. These and otherfeatures and advantages of iny improvements will be uuderstood by thoseskilled in the art from an understanding of the followingl specificationin connection with the drawings.

These show only one ot the specific embodi ments which my improvenientsare adapt il to take. Figure l is a side elevation of a golfvbag; havingmy improvements incorporated therewith; Fig. 2 is a.k verticalmid-section of the devices of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthedevices constituting my 'improvements shown removed or detached from thebag; Fig'. l is a plan view on an enlarged scale 'ot' the top et the bagand improvements ot Fig. l, a portion of said figure being broken awayto reveal the underlying structure, and Fig. 5 is a plan lview of adetail in tended especially to illustrate the part hereinafter describedas the spider.

li -will now describe the specific devices of the drawings;

.l is a golf-bag of any usual or preferred constructiongli?l 1s aroclordinarily of' wood about the length of the ba0",-in this casebeingl somewhat longer so that its upper end projects above the top ofthe bag to serve as a stick for the player to lean on.

3-3 (see Fig. 4) are, golfclub separating members secured about the rod'serving to keep the clubs apart and. prevent them from rattling about inthe bag and damaging one another. i

ed to the collar El.

`lows that it upholds 'the mouth and prevents the bag troni 'saggjrnemThe members 3 in the particular bagn shown consist ot a piece of canvasor other `fabric 4 folded into loops secured by tacks 5 to the rod toproject radially therefrom. The adjacent walls ol" each 'fold may bestitched together at their base (S (Fig.

(Figs. 2 and l) is a similar "folded piece of leather or other heavierand stronger noeterial which borders the upper edge oit the 't'ahric Ll.8 is a leather collar surroundingl the club separat-ing nienibers 3, andis shown secured to thcni by the rivets il l() is a metal spider bestshown in the detailed view thereof in Fin'. l a hub l0 received snuglyin surrounding po sition on the rodi! (ci'mnlare Fig'. 2), and havingradial arras whose outer ends have .laterally extending }n\riorated feetl0 rivet- 'l`his collar l5 is prefer ably ot such diameter that it litssnugly the mouth ot thei Lrolt-bag immediately under an inwardlydirected annular shoulder portion l (l 3) around said mouth, saidshoulder portion beingrjtorinefl, 'for instance, by the inner leg et abinding1 member which covers the mouth-ruige portion of the bag.

Further both said eollar and the mouth ot the bag may have per'torationsll throiiigh which a lace or cord l2 (compare litiga. l and fl) isadapted to be passed to secure these parts together.

Since the rod 2 is intended to rest on the bottom ot the bagr orsubstantially so, it i l at its upper-end saidv rod engages the monthofthe bag as above described.

'14 is a dislr on the lower end of rod 521 against which are receivedthe ends ol? the golclubs, thereby saving the bottom of the bag tronitheir direct'iiinpaet, and further serving as a Vtoot or snpportor theentire device, should it be desired to remove it 'trom the bag as inliig. 3,

The stiff arms 10 it thespider keep the rod 2 central with thegolitfclub receiving loops 3 open.

Vlhat l claim as new is:

ln combination with a gott-bag 'havingn an inwardly" extending annularshoulder at its a, and consists-soif S tuehed to said rod and adapted toiii; snugly mouth, a rod adapted to be received cen- In testimonywhereof I aix my signature ti'ully in said bag, a plurality ofSeparating in presence of two witnesses. members forming pockets betweensaid rod 1 T Y) 41 Y Pl 1 l and Suid bag, and 'a retaining collar at-(ILOLLL' LLLL Wltnesses:

E. WV. SCHERR, Jr.,

the mouth of the bag and under the said nf A. C. MCDONNELL.

'smrdly extending shoulder.

